Chapter 780 – 90 Days – People Who Want to Recognize the Princess
Southerner.
The land where these so-called people live has been famous for being hot and humid for a very long time.
When asked if it was the land I was coveting, it was a very ambiguous land that seemed like it was and sometimes not. The war to conquer such a place ended up being fought, and Leo Ober became the commander-in-chief who had to lead the war.
The emperor does not directly participate in the war. His faithful right-hand man, military commander, and leader of the Knights of the Zodiac only participated.
“Did you call me? Your Royal Highness.”
From Leo Ober’s perspective, that’s what the war in the South was like in the end.
It seemed like he was promised near-infinite wealth and fame, but he knew very well what the war was for. In the end, it was a fight to take away the power of the nobles who had built up like a mountain, and countless people were going to die.
“I’m so happy to see your face again before the party ends.”
“It’s not anyone else, it’s Her Highness the Princess. It’s a noble’s duty to come running whenever she’s called.”
Haha! Abama is a surprisingly generous person to think of entrusting the entire war in the south to you.”
In response to the princess’s bright smile, Leo Aubert simply lowered his head with a bitter smile.
The emperor is a being who pursues amazing efficiency. Leo Ober, who knows better than anyone else what he hopes for in this war, cannot say anything.
Although he couldn’t help but smile when the princess, the emperor’s child, insulted the emperor, he wasn’t stupid enough to say whether what he said was right or wrong.
“Leo Duke of Aubert. May I make just one attachment to you?”
“Yes, I am the sword of the empire on which the sun never sets. Any order is fine, so please feel free to give it.”
A man with two daughters and two sons carefully gets down on his knees.
It was expected.
There must be a purpose desired by the Emperor in the war against the Southerners. More than simply removing the power of the nobility, the emperor often acted with vision and thoughts that ordinary people could never have.
“It is the sword of the empire…”
The princess, who had summoned Leo Ober to a terrace with a clear view of the night sky, a little away from the noisy party, looked at the sky in silence.
Next to her was Ceres, standing like a painting without saying a word.
“Always be sharp, so I can ask him a really cruel favor.”
“… Any command is fine.”
Leo Ober was predictable.
Even if it meant killing countless lives, I was confident that this war would end victoriously if the emperor and the royal family wanted it.
‘In the land where the southerners live… Was there a mine that the Gemstone family was also greedy for…’
Leo Ober doesn’t know much about what lies in the dry and humid lands to the south of the empire and further down.
He was against the war from the beginning and had too much blood on his hands while living as a knight.
“If you can…”
The princess, who had been looking at the sky for a while, turns her body. She graduated from the academy and lives quietly in her imperial palace. She shows her face appropriately in social circles.
Leo Ober lowers his head even further at the gaze of a being who cannot be faulted and is evaluated appropriately.
“Lead the war in a way that doesn’t kill southerners as much as possible.”
“… What are you saying?”
Surprised, Leo Aubert raises his head and looks at the princess.
“Your Majesty…”
“Is that possible? Abama wants you more than anyone else to shed blood on the land of the Southerners.”
The princess smiled cheerfully, took the two glasses handed to her by Ceres, and offered one of hers to Leo Aubert.
“Her Highness the Princess…?”
“Everyone says it was the nobles who shouted for war in the South, but who created that atmosphere?”
Leo Ober could not bear to answer.
“It would be an unavoidable law of nature that those blinded by greed would ignore your orders and destroy themselves after a fierce fight with the southerners. However…”
The princess drank a wine named after her mother, which brought out her pleasant scent.
“Isn’t it different for you, the Commander-in-Chief? Even if the color of their skin is different and even if they live in a different place, they are still humans in the end. Aren’t they the ones who will one day become members of the empire on which the sun never sets?”
“Are you saying we shouldn’t commit indiscriminate massacres?”
“Wouldn’t that be good for you too? Who on earth would want their beloved child, father, or lover to bleed and become a cold corpse?”
“I understand what Her Majesty the Princess is saying. But…”
Looking at Leo Ober’s hesitant face, the princess smiled kindly.
“If you are afraid of Abama’s wrath, I will take responsibility for everything, so can you please listen to this princess’s foolish request?”
The answer had been decided from the moment he heard the proposal, so Leo Ober drank his wine quietly without saying anything.
* * * * *
“Ah, Dad! No matter how much it’s the princess’s words! That woman!”
Leo Ober shakes his head as he looks at Jad Ober, who is startled and shouts.
“Stay still.”
“Not quietly, Dad! That woman! Sitri is a demon, and she didn’t even try to kill the princess just now, the princess!”
“Jad. My beloved daughter.”
Jad Aubert, who had been agitated by the Duke of Aubert’s calm voice, bites his lip tightly.
The two were standing in front of the room where the princess, Hedone, and Sitri were staying.
“I still can’t believe that the person who says you are the princess is the princess.”
“Ah, Dad!!! How many times have me and Leonie…!”
“Funny… Everything that Leo Ober has built up throughout his life denies him.”
The Duke of Auvers clenches his fists as he speaks.
“My knight’s life, countless hours spent in the empire where the sun never sets, all knowledge and wisdom tell me that she is not the princess.
“Dad…”
“But that’s my feeling. If she isn’t the princess, I wonder who on earth could be the princess.”
Jad Ober silently closed his mouth at his father’s words.
“If this princess Leo Ober knows, she will give that demon a chance as well.”
“Okay, Dad.”
“Just as he gave you a chance, he will give those demons a chance as well. It was the princess who asked us to show mercy to those who were born with no value other than to be used as slaves…”
Leo Ober spoke and slowly backed away from the door. Jad Ober, who looked at the door for a while with worried eyes, smiled slightly.
“If you think about it… I see. He showed mercy to the woman who sold him.”
Around the time when Jad Aubert was praying with his hands folded, the princess and Sitri were able to end their rather long conversation satisfactorily in the room.
“I have no intention of being angry at the sister who healed my body so perfectly.”
“… Thank you for showing mercy. Instead, as soon as you feel better, I will definitely guide you to the place I told you about.”
“Yes, I will believe in Sister Sitri’s goodness.”
Sitri spoke with a warm smile and kissed the back of the princess’s hand.
Although she was a princess with serious wounds that caused her to vomit blood all over her body, she was a member of the royal family. As long as she was free from the restraints of the red chains, her wounds were not that big of a deal, and with Sitri’s healing magic added, she would be fine after resting for about a day and a half.
“I talked too much. Let me step back.”
Sitri, fully aware of who was in the same room, fell a little from her bed.
Hedone, who had been quietly listening to the two’s story for a while, was finally able to make eye contact with the princess. And the two smiled very awkwardly without much explanation.
“Hwang… Lady.”
Hedone, who would normally have spoken in a somewhat pessimistic manner and made fun of the princess for being a slob and all, was distressed.
For all her knowledge and experience, her mind was different, screaming that the being in front of her was ‘not the princess.’ She was asking herself, the very feeling of loving Venus Holimpia more than anyone else, what on earth was she if the being in front of her was not a princess?
“… That’s…”
The irony is that the princess was even more awkward than that.
The princess had no idea what to say from now on, because she had absolutely no memory of her existence.
‘The person with this pure white hair is my fiancée… I can’t even remember if we had a good relationship or if it was an arranged marriage filled with greed.’
The princess was so awkward.
She had no idea what to say to the being in front of her.
I’m glad that I was able to rest for a day because Jad and Leo Ober sorted out the situation a bit, but thinking about how to talk to Hedone was making her head pound.
“… I am a woman called Hedone, Hedone.”
“Nice to meet you, Miss Hedone.”
One or two people have a very awkward conversation and can’t decide what to say next.
This was the emperor’s curse. It was a disgusting and cruel curse that cut off the arms and legs of a being who had built relationships with countless people and could receive help from countless people.
“Haaaaa… I guess that won’t work.”
Hedone takes a deep breath and stands up.
After all, she can’t recognize the person who says no in her memory as the princess.
“The princess I know has something she likes more than anyone else. And I also like it very much.”
“Sorry. I don’t remember what it is…”
When the princess tried to speak, Hedone put her index finger to silence her.
“They say actions are more important than a thousand words, right? I want to know whether you are the princess I know, so we…”
This is a truly absurd story. Even though she thought so, this was the only way to confirm the love blooming in her heart.
“Let’s have sex.”
